1284 - Definition and Overview

Events

• June 26 - According to the Brothers Grimm and older sources, in this date the Pied Piper of Hamelin visits the town of Hamelin, resulting in ca. 130 children being killed. It is not clear what really happened.
• Philip IV of France married Jeanne of Navarre, and becomes King of France.
• One of first written mentions of Zlate Moravce (Slovakia).
• Charles II of Naples is captured in a naval battle off Naples.
• The city of Jönköping, Sweden, receives its charter.
• Rudolph I of Germany marries Isabella of Burgundy.
• Kiel becomes a member of the Hanseatic League.
• Hamburg is destroyed by a fire.
• The Statute of Rhuddlan is created, incorporating Wales into England.
• Foundation of Peterhouse College, Cambridge

Births

• April 25 - King Edward II of England
• Edward of Savoy
• Piers Gaveston, Gascon favourite of Edward II of Enland (approximate date)

Deaths

• Alfonso X of Castile
• Sigerus of Brabant